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SCRAPER (TOOL)
Unique ID: GLO-DBA423
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
This is a side scarper on a flake. 5% cortex at the proximal end, no bulb of percussion on the ventral. Direct, abrupt retouch on the right side creating a slightly concave working edge. Dark grey flint with speckled grey patches.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 2.19 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st July 2014 - Thursday 31st July 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Cotswold (District)
Parish or ward: Withington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO9816
Four figure Latitude: 51.84259854
Four figure longitude: -2.0304351
1:25K map: SO9816
1:10K map: SO91NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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